2020 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 10

As we move to the second half of the NFL season... I really need to get my butt in gear if I want to keep pace with the coalition.

Adam took three of our four disputed games last week to extend his lead as my cold streak continues and he remains atop the leaderboard (factoring in, of course, that he and I both have one more point on ESPN than we should). You can view how we've all picked in relation to each other here.

I debated about pulling an Adam and going opposite week since I need something to go my way. We'll see what happens, as Adam and I disagree on seven games out of 14 this week. I look forward to being down like 11 games going into next week.

2020 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 9

We're approaching the halfway point of the NFL season, and the coalition continues its quest to pick NFL games against the spread!

Adam has been on a bit of a heater of late, maybe not on the whole, but he took five of our seven disputed games last week to increase his group lead. Much of that has come on the back of a red hot hero pick streak, including a 3-1 mark last week along. You can view how we've all picked in relation to each other here. This page is especially important, given that our ESPN standings are not correct since both Adam and I each have one more point on there than we should.

This week, Adam and I disagree on just four games out of 14. Come on, moving back into a tie for first!

2020 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 8

The coalition returns to action here for Week 8 of the NFL season, and for some of us... we need to get our act in gear.

The good news is, a week after I screwed up on ESPN, Adam did this past week as well by picking the Raiders here, but the Bucs on ESPN, so now he and I both have one more point on ESPN than we should. You can view those standings, bearing that adjustment in mind, here.

Error aside, Adam took four of six disputed games last week, which looking back on it is something of a miracle. And I think all of us can say... at least we aren't Joe, who I'm pretty sure just had the worst week in contest history. You can view how we've picked in relation to each other, with correct standings, here. Groupwise now, Adam has taken a narrow group lead, with Geoffrey and I hot on his tail, and Jim made a nice run this past week with some good hero picks.

This week, Adam and I disagree on seven games out of 14. Let's get to it!

2020 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 7

It was kind of a rough week on the whole for the coalition, so we're back at it again in Week 7 to try and right the ship!

It was nice to not have any games have to be postponed this past week, so there's no weird information from last week about a game that wasn't played. But of the games that were, Adam took two of the three disputed games last week to pull back within a game of the lead. You now have to ignore the ESPN standings as for once I'm the one who screwed up; I picked the Patriots in the column, but took the Broncos on ESPN, and by rule, the column is what counts, so I have one more point than I should.

You can view accurate standings, as well as how we've picked in relation to each other, here. This week, Adam and I disagree on six games out of 14. Let's get to it!

2020 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 6

A day later than usual, the coalition is back as we continue our quest to pick NFL games against the spread!

It's been a chaotic past couple weeks in the NFL with COVID forcing some postponements of games, which has cut the number of games down a couple, while also giving us some Tuesday Night Football this past week. That chaos also pushed Thursday Night Football back a few days this week, hence why this got posted on a Friday instead of a Thursday.

In amidst last weeks chaos, I took four of six disputed games from Adam to take the group lead outright. It would befit the alternating year pattern Adam and I have established since he joined me, but there's still a ton of games left to play, so I'm not counting my money just yet. You can view how the coalition has picked in relation to each other here.

This week Adam and I disagree on only three games out of the scheduled 14. Let's get to it!

2020 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 5

We're just under a quarter of the way through the 2020 NFL season already somehow, and the coalition is back at it as we prepare for Week 5!

The standings remain relatively tight through four weeks, though there is enough separation between the top and the rest. Though now, the lead saw a bit of a change as, after taking three of five disputed games from Adam last week, I've moved back into a tie with him for first place. Great Reversal indeed.

You can view how we've all picked in relation to each other here. We're doing better on a consensus basis than we have in years past, and hero picks have been all right to date on the whole. I have the most correct, and only one less than the rest of the group combined, while Adam has the second-best rate on hero picks in the group with the second-biggest sample size.

This week, pending his picks passing their COVID test (which he said they tested positive for being awesome), Adam and I disagree on six games out of 15. Let's get to it!

Introducing Confessions of a Sportscaster: The Podcast

Confessions of a Sportscaster has been relatively quiet for much of 2020. What with the pandemic, adjusting to working from home while trying to keep two young kids entertained and content, and the lack of sports for several months, there wasn't a lot to write about or a lot of time to do said writing even when sports started to return.

But with things continuing to change and evolve in our world, I think it's time Confessions of a Sportscaster starts to evolve with it. And what better way than for someone who worked at a college radio station for four years, interned for a couple commercial stations in Chicago during that same time, and also spent some time as a part time producer at a commercial station once out of college, than for me to get back into the audio game?

Introducing Confessions of a Sportscaster: The Podcast.

Future episodes to come.